Saturday, February 17, 2007

Dead Can Dance

Dead Can Dance Video - The Host Of Seraphim

Cultural Migration - Pathfinder Science



Migration of people and ideas fostered all kinds of creativity as cultures adapted to each other and people learned new ways of doing things. Examples of the exchange of useful ideas learned from such cultural exchange are: colonists learning new agricultural techniques from American Indians, and African-American slaves creating the Gullah language to communicate with each other across language barriers.

Yet it is important to remember that migration could cause remarkable disruption, for migrants and for the people who encountered a new culture in their community. Imagine the mixed feelings a "picture bride" might have about traveling across the ocean to marry. The collected diaries of 19th-century American women who traveled west reveal their deep connections to the homes they left behind; many even brought along seeds to plant familiar flowers in their new residence.

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Monday, February 5, 2007

Baraka



Ron Fricke - Director / Screenwriter / Editor / Cinematographer
Michael Stearns - Producer / Composer (Music Score)
Dead Can Dance - Composer (Music Score)
L. Subramaniam - Composer (Music Score)
Mark Magidson - Editor / Producer / Screenwriter


Does Baraka represent "world" music culture? Or just a high resolution version of it? It is an incredibly filmed piece.




Baraka uses ancient musics and both high res traditional and modern images to connect the "world" image.